Chapter 5
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| Supply | Amount of a product offered for sale a all possible prices in a market.
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| Change in Quantity Supplied | Change in amount offered for sale in response to a price change; movement along the supply curve.
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| Change (shift) in supply | different amounts offered for sale at each and every possible price in the market; shift of the supply curve.
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| Supply Elasticity | Responsiveness of quantity supplied to a change in price
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| Production Function | Graphic portrayal showing how a change in the amount of a single variable input affects total output.
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| Short run | Production period so short that only variable inputs (usually labor) can be changed.
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| Long Run | Production period long enough to change the amount of variable and fixed inputs used in production.
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| Total Product | Total output or production by a firm
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| Marginal Product | Extra output due to the additional of one more unit of input.
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| Diminishing Returns | Stage of production where output increases at a decreasing rate as more units of variable input are added.
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| Fixed Costs | Costs of production that do not change when output changes.
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| Overhead | Broad category of fixed costs that include interest, rent, taxes, and executive salaries.
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| Variable Cost | Production cost that varies as output changes; labor, energy, raw materials.
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| Total Cost | Variable plus fixed cost; all costs associated with production.
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| Marginal Cost | Extra cost of producing one additional unit of production.
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| Total Revenue | Total amount earned by a firm from the sale of its products; price of goods sold times quantity sold.
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| Marginal Revenue | Extra revenue from the sale of one additional units of output.
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| Profit Maximizing Quantity of Output | Level of production where marginal cost is equal to marginal revenue.
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| Breakeven Point | Production level where total cost equals total revenue; production needed if the firm is to recover its costs.
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| Price Floor | Lowest legal price that can be charged for a product.
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